Art

Ear on Arm is an ongoing endeavor by the artist Stelarc, whose eccentric performances put his squishy body in the indifferent grip of technology. Stelarc sees the modern body as a “chimera of meat, metal, and code,” and uses it both as the vessel of exploration and the uncharted territory to be explored.

Some new apps from Google's Arts & Culture Experiment let you browse centuries of artworks by color palette, or browse though Life magazine's decades of iconic photos.

From IBM Watson’s conservative approach to Microsoft Azure’s avant-garde analysis, it seems that machine learning can say a lot about art.

Researchers are baffled by a chemical reaction that causes paintings to fade, and now they hope some high-tech help will tell them why.

Franchise Freedom will use a murmuration algorithm to guide hundreds of drones and ensure no two performances are the same.

Meural has now unveiled the second generation of the Meural Canvas, now available in three new designs, all crafted from American hardwood.

Making art from garbage, Jen Fuller transforms “everyday objects into experiences” using glass, steel, and trash.

The Kinetic Generative Music Installation consists of 77 individual robotic “players" that make an ongoing musical composition from 4G data.

While the usual selfie takes place without incident, there are always going to be some that end up making headlines.

Planned for Berlin, artistic drones will take digital submissions from an application and paint them on large canvasses.

Australian artist Chris Rodley is using artificial intelligence (AI) to mash up a book of dinosaur pictures with a book of flower paintings.

Matisyahu, the noted Jewish reggae/hip-hop beatboxer who’s taken live improv to another level with his new album, Undercurrent.

The room is a replica of the offices of two computer scientists who created the first artificial intelligence program over fifty years ago.

Nothing screams culture quite like a developed knowledge of the world's greatest art masterpieces, and Google wants to help you out.

Artist Daniël de Bruin has built a thrill ride that reads his heart rate and muscle tension, and uses this data to know when to speed up.

Etsy's new Studio and Shop Manager make it easier to find tutorials, tools, and materials all in one place.

The Met Museum has now made its veritable treasure trove of stunning imagery available to the public for free.

It's not every day you stumble across a space capsule while driving along the road, but what exactly is the story behind this one in Arizona?

Robot Picasso is a modified 3D printer that can look at real photographs and turn them into 3D-printed abstract drawings.

There are a bunch of unusual tools researchers are using to help diagnose brain diseases. Here’s another to add to the list: the way that people paint.

The artist who offers physical cloud storage and custom avocados has a new product -- drone sweaters.

George Lucas had a very definite vision for the logo to go on his science fiction movie. It was called Star Wars, and he wanted a "fascist" look.